DEVOTION
• He (S) runs fast. / Did Ram beat him (DO)?
• She (S) is clever. / Does Mary know her (DO)?
• It (S) doesn't work. / Can the man fix it (DO)?
• We (S) went home. / Anthony drove us (DO).
• Do y'all (S) need a table for three? / Did Jon and Ann beat y'all (DO) at doubles?
• They (S) played doubles. / John and Mary beat them (DO).
At its high altitude, Coors Field sees more home runs than any other major league ballpark (Ruth, 2016).
That being said, if you have paraphrased or summarized a specific idea from the source, it is best practice (and encouraged by the APA) to include the page number. For example:
At its high altitude, Coors Field sees more home runs than any other major league ballpark (Ruth, 2016, p. 167).
The Colorado Rockies averaged 47,000 fans per game last season (Ruth, 2016, p. 167).
If you are quoting from a source, include the author, year of publication, and page number. You can introduce the quotation with a signal phrase that includes the author's last name followed by the date of publication in parentheses:
According to Ruth (2016), "The Colorado Rockies have the best fans in all of Major League baseball" (p. 189).
Ruth (2016) uncovered "the best fans in all of Major League baseball" (p. 189); what do you think he found?
He stated, "The Colorado Rockies have the best fans in all of Major League baseball" (Ruth, 2016, p. 189), but she did not offer an explanation as to why.
Check out Purdue University's Online Writing Lab for more information, including how to handle long quotations in a paper:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/in_text_citations_the_basics.html
Also remember our discussion about Ibid. Ibid is an abbreviation for the Latin word ibīdem, meaning "in the same place." When citing works in your papers (either as endnotes or footnotes), if one citation is from the same source as the citation immediately preceding it, you can use the abbreviation for Ibid instead. Here is an example:
According to Ruth (2016), "The Colorado Rockies have the best fans in all of Major League baseball" (p. 189). One possible explanation for this is the Rockies games are more exciting. For example, there are more home run hit at Coors Field than any other MLB ballpark in America (id., p. 167). In fact, the Rockies averaged 47,000 fans at every home game last season (id.). (Note that when the subsequent citation comes from the same source and the same page number as the immediately preceding citation, you only have to write "id." and not "id., p. 167.)
Don't forget to keep up with your timeline!
CC Lone Tree Craft Fair
Who: Your Students
What: Community Craft Fair Day
Date: November 26, 2018
Time: 12:00pm (During lunch time at CC)
Who is invited? All parents, friends, neighbors, and students! We would love to have a big turn out!
For many years, other CC groups have had craft fairs right before Christmas time to encourage their children to raise money to give to the needy or use for Christmas gifts. This will be a fun chance for our students to learn about how a business works. We can also use this opportunity to teach our kids about tithing or maybe they would like to raise enough money to give a goat to a needy child through Compassion International or build a water well in Africa with World Vision.
So what special talent or craft making skill does your student poses? Here’s a few ideas: At the CC craft fairs, they had beautiful handmade candles, tasty baked goods, hand sewn pot holders or mitts, beautiful glass beaded jewelry, hand carved pens, hand painted Christmas cards, Christ- Centered Christmas crafts, and festive homemade ornaments. There were some amazing and unique gifts and I thought I was in a high end boutique!
So we would love to encourage our moms, dads, friends, and neighbors to go shopping on that day and support all of our children’s ministries! Your child can also buy gifts for their friends and family for the holidays, so bring your cash to do some Christmas shopping!
You have almost a whole month, so let’s get busy!!
Everyone had their Bibles today - yay! ;)
For our devotion, we looked at the story of Jim Thorpe:
"In this photo he's wearing different socks and shoes. It was the 1912 Olympics and Jim, an Native American from Oklahoma, represented the U.S. in track and field. On the morning of his competitions, his shoes were stolen. Luckily, Jim ended up finding these two mismatched shoes in a garbage can. But one of the shoes was too big, so he had to wear an extra sock. Wearing these shoes, Jim won two gold medals that day.
This is a perfect reminder that you don't have to resign to the excuses that have held you back. So what if life hasn't been fair? What are you going to do about it today? Whatever you woke up with this morning; stolen shoes, ill health, strained relationships...don't let it stop you from running your race. You can experience more in life if you'll get over the excuses and get on with living. You can have reasons or you can have results; you can’t have both."
With this in mind, students paired up to look at one the following verses and share with the class how it relates to Jim's story and our own lives:
Romans 12:12 - Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Hebrews 10:36 - You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
Romans 5:3 - Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance....
Hebrews 12:2 - …fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
For our devotion, we looked at the story of Jim Thorpe:
"In this photo he's wearing different socks and shoes. It was the 1912 Olympics and Jim, an Native American from Oklahoma, represented the U.S. in track and field. On the morning of his competitions, his shoes were stolen. Luckily, Jim ended up finding these two mismatched shoes in a garbage can. But one of the shoes was too big, so he had to wear an extra sock. Wearing these shoes, Jim won two gold medals that day.
This is a perfect reminder that you don't have to resign to the excuses that have held you back. So what if life hasn't been fair? What are you going to do about it today? Whatever you woke up with this morning; stolen shoes, ill health, strained relationships...don't let it stop you from running your race. You can experience more in life if you'll get over the excuses and get on with living. You can have reasons or you can have results; you can’t have both."
With this in mind, students paired up to look at one the following verses and share with the class how it relates to Jim's story and our own lives:
Romans 12:12 - Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Hebrews 10:36 - You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
Romans 5:3 - Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance....
Hebrews 12:2 - …fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
LATIN
This week, you will complete lesson 10 (2nd conjugation - model verb monēre) and begin lesson 11 (pronouns).
NEXT MONDAY YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FILL IN COLUMNS 1 & 2 on Verb Chart 1 from memory! These are the TWO far left columns, conjugating laudāre (1st conjugation) and monēre (2nd conjugation). We will quiz this in class and send your work to your teachers/moms, so be prepared to show off all that you know!
For lesson 11 on pronouns, we discussed what pronouns are and their characteristics (number, person, gender, part of speech it's being used as; etc.) and developed this chart:
Number
|
Person
|
Gender
|
Subject
|
Object
|
Singular
|
1st
|
masc./fem.
|
I
|
me
|
2nd
|
masc./fem.
|
you
|
you
| |
3rd
|
masculine
|
he
|
him
| |
feminine
|
she
|
her
| ||
neuter
|
it
|
it
| ||
Plural
|
1st
|
masc./fem.
|
we
|
us
|
2nd
|
masc./fem.
|
you
|
you
| |
3rd
|
masc./fem./neuter
|
they
|
them
|
Pronouns are either: singular or plural (number); 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person; and masculine, feminine, or neuter (gender). And we looked at how they might be different depending on whether they are the subject or direct object:
• I (subject) like coffee. / John loves me (direct object).
• Do you (subject) like coffee? / John loves you (direct object).• He (S) runs fast. / Did Ram beat him (DO)?
• She (S) is clever. / Does Mary know her (DO)?
• It (S) doesn't work. / Can the man fix it (DO)?
• We (S) went home. / Anthony drove us (DO).
• Do y'all (S) need a table for three? / Did Jon and Ann beat y'all (DO) at doubles?
• They (S) played doubles. / John and Mary beat them (DO).
Then we filled in the Latin pronouns on the chart:
Number
|
Person
|
Gender
|
Subject
|
Object
|
Singular
|
1st
|
masc./fem.
|
I ego
|
me mē
|
2nd
|
masc./fem.
|
you tū
|
you tē
| |
3rd
|
masculine
|
he is
|
him eum
| |
feminine
|
she ea
|
her eam
| ||
neuter
|
it id
|
it id
| ||
Plural
|
1st
|
masc./fem.
|
we nōs
|
us nōs
|
2nd
|
masc./fem.
|
you vōs
|
you vōs
| |
3rd
|
masc./fem./neuter
|
they eī (M)
eae (F)
ea (N)
|
them eōs (M)
eās (F)
ea (N)
|
Drill your new vocabulary (including pronouns!) each day, and complete (and check!) your assigned exercises.
MATH
Thank you, Sydney and Jake, for leading us in our math discussion. Be sure to ask your parents or siblings if they can find the volume of a pizza. ;)
We tried a new review game - "knockout," of sorts. Everyone chose a number from 1-99 and then they all tried to create equations to knock each other's numbers out. They got stumped for awhile on 83 and 93 - it was fun!
We tried a new review game - "knockout," of sorts. Everyone chose a number from 1-99 and then they all tried to create equations to knock each other's numbers out. They got stumped for awhile on 83 and 93 - it was fun!
ASTRONOMY
Students presented their research on William and Caroline Herschel. We had to limit presentations to 3 minutes, so students chose their favorite parts to read - I learned a lot about this duo. Caroline's story was very sad in many ways - she overcame a lot. Great work, everyone!
This week, students are researching Maria Mitchell and writing another five-paragraph essay. Use at least two sources and include a bibliography and citations.
A Note on Citations...
If you are referring to an idea from a source but not directly quoting the material, or you are referencing the entire source, you only have to cite to the author and year of publication (and not the specific page number). For example:At its high altitude, Coors Field sees more home runs than any other major league ballpark (Ruth, 2016).
That being said, if you have paraphrased or summarized a specific idea from the source, it is best practice (and encouraged by the APA) to include the page number. For example:
At its high altitude, Coors Field sees more home runs than any other major league ballpark (Ruth, 2016, p. 167).
The Colorado Rockies averaged 47,000 fans per game last season (Ruth, 2016, p. 167).
If you are quoting from a source, include the author, year of publication, and page number. You can introduce the quotation with a signal phrase that includes the author's last name followed by the date of publication in parentheses:
According to Ruth (2016), "The Colorado Rockies have the best fans in all of Major League baseball" (p. 189).
Ruth (2016) uncovered "the best fans in all of Major League baseball" (p. 189); what do you think he found?
He stated, "The Colorado Rockies have the best fans in all of Major League baseball" (Ruth, 2016, p. 189), but she did not offer an explanation as to why.
Check out Purdue University's Online Writing Lab for more information, including how to handle long quotations in a paper:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/in_text_citations_the_basics.html
Also remember our discussion about Ibid. Ibid is an abbreviation for the Latin word ibīdem, meaning "in the same place." When citing works in your papers (either as endnotes or footnotes), if one citation is from the same source as the citation immediately preceding it, you can use the abbreviation for Ibid instead. Here is an example:
LOGIC
We worked through a few problem exercises in lessons 23-26, but overall everyone seemed to have a good handle on these assignments. The kids divided into teams and competed in answering questions from one of the quizzes - I was really pleased to see that every pair stayed pretty even! We seem to have a strong logic group - love that! :)
Several students worked through last week's "challenge" to see how many of the 256 possible arrangements are actually valid - the correct answer is only 24!
Continue to review vocabulary daily - that seems to be one spot that everyone might be a little weak in. I'm not as concerned that you are able to recite a word-perfect definition, but that you understand the concepts and can explain them easily.
Several students worked through last week's "challenge" to see how many of the 256 possible arrangements are actually valid - the correct answer is only 24!
Continue to review vocabulary daily - that seems to be one spot that everyone might be a little weak in. I'm not as concerned that you are able to recite a word-perfect definition, but that you understand the concepts and can explain them easily.
LTW
Students shared their essays - we had some great exordiums; nice work on making amplifications smooth and natural; and people seemed to have a good handle on antithesis.
We began our discussion of The Hiding Place. A few of you haven't finished reading yet - be sure to do that this week!
On Monday, you will share the issue you crafted this week as well as your completed ANI chart.
CURRENT EVENTS
We again divided into two teams, and students collectively built arguments on the affirmative or negative for our issue:
Should children be separated from their parents detained at the border?
This was a tricky issue - not much is black and white, but instead it's pretty muddy for Christians. Some of the questions that came up included: What does compassion look like in this scenario? Keeping families together vs. providing decent living arrangements? Does the government's ability or inability to provide adequate care affect how one answers this question? Who has the children anyway? Is it a true parent? Are the children victims of trafficking or other abuse? How can the US safely and accurately determine parenthood? Should children pay for the sins of their parents? Would keeping families together put more children at risk by encouraging people to bring children with them when they cross the border?
Students did a great job of finding strong vocabulary to argue their side ("ripped" and "trafficked"). Next week, we will not use white boards to outline arguments - I want you to begin to feel more comfortable with extemporaneous speaking and I don't want to use as much time for organizing your arguments. We need more time in class to actually discuss the issue! :) Some come prepared with strong proofs, having already thought through them (as well as the other elements from LTW - exordium, division, antithesis, amplification...). Our issue this week is:
Should the electoral college be replaced by a popular vote?
In class, we discussed what the electoral college is, how electors are chosen, how the number of electors from each state is determined, how the electoral college vote has differed from the popular vote in the past, and how the electoral college might protect "smaller" states. Micah's mom also found a great video that gives more background:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6s7jB6-GoU
Don't forget - one notecard for each article; find articles to develop arguments on both sides. Also bring two exordiums, one for each side, and at least one relevant Bible verse.
Students did a great job of finding strong vocabulary to argue their side ("ripped" and "trafficked"). Next week, we will not use white boards to outline arguments - I want you to begin to feel more comfortable with extemporaneous speaking and I don't want to use as much time for organizing your arguments. We need more time in class to actually discuss the issue! :) Some come prepared with strong proofs, having already thought through them (as well as the other elements from LTW - exordium, division, antithesis, amplification...). Our issue this week is:
Should the electoral college be replaced by a popular vote?
In class, we discussed what the electoral college is, how electors are chosen, how the number of electors from each state is determined, how the electoral college vote has differed from the popular vote in the past, and how the electoral college might protect "smaller" states. Micah's mom also found a great video that gives more background:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6s7jB6-GoU
Don't forget - one notecard for each article; find articles to develop arguments on both sides. Also bring two exordiums, one for each side, and at least one relevant Bible verse.
POSTREMO
- We have a fun opportunity coming up at our Lone Tree campus! Read on for details....
Who: Your Students
What: Community Craft Fair Day
Date: November 26, 2018
Time: 12:00pm (During lunch time at CC)
Who is invited? All parents, friends, neighbors, and students! We would love to have a big turn out!
For many years, other CC groups have had craft fairs right before Christmas time to encourage their children to raise money to give to the needy or use for Christmas gifts. This will be a fun chance for our students to learn about how a business works. We can also use this opportunity to teach our kids about tithing or maybe they would like to raise enough money to give a goat to a needy child through Compassion International or build a water well in Africa with World Vision.
So what special talent or craft making skill does your student poses? Here’s a few ideas: At the CC craft fairs, they had beautiful handmade candles, tasty baked goods, hand sewn pot holders or mitts, beautiful glass beaded jewelry, hand carved pens, hand painted Christmas cards, Christ- Centered Christmas crafts, and festive homemade ornaments. There were some amazing and unique gifts and I thought I was in a high end boutique!
So we would love to encourage our moms, dads, friends, and neighbors to go shopping on that day and support all of our children’s ministries! Your child can also buy gifts for their friends and family for the holidays, so bring your cash to do some Christmas shopping!
You have almost a whole month, so let’s get busy!!
- Faith is performing in Little Women on December 13th at 6:30 p.m. The show will also include a 60-minute production of Narnia. We'll send out ticket details as the date gets closer. As always, please let me know if you are involved in any performances, competitions, etc. that we can come to and support!
- We will send out dates soon for our movie night (The Hiding Place)!
~ Love, Mrs. D.
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